Radical Christian CEO’s

Posted by Kevin Respress on Oct 26th, 2009 | 1 comment home title

WARNING: The following may be dangerous to our comfort.

What if all Christians were buried in the same graveyard? What if that graveyard was separated into three sections? The first section called “Nominal Christians”, the second “Normal Christians”, and the third “Radical Christians.” Which section do you think would be the largest? Which section would you hope to be put to rest in? This question is intended to be taken seriously. In your true heart of hearts, where would you aspire to be?

If there were such a thing, where would your personal Christian hero or heroine be likely to be found?

Where do you think we would find the remains of: John Wesley? Paul of Tarsus? Hudson Taylor? John Calvin? Mother Teresa? Keith Green? Barnabus? St. Francis of Assisi? Jim Elliott? C.T Studd? Andrew Murray? David Livingston? Pete Marovich? Look at the person on your left or right. Where do you think they would be?

If the passion in the heart of Christians for service to Jesus in the Body of Christ today were graphed in a bell curve, with hot at one end, cold at the other, and lukewarm in the middle, where would you fit?

Is all this a little morbid? Are you wondering where we are going with this? And what does it have to do with my ministry in God’s business? Well, we are going to propose that God is looking for some new heroes. The heavenly Hall of Fame is not yet full. The most prominent place is taken but there are vacancies yet to be filled and some of them will come from our generation and will be produced though the work done in marketplace ministry. As we move toward the Day of The Lord, and the end of time, new heroes will emerge and be identified with those who have gone before. These new heroes won’t travel to far off lands or penetrate lost tribes; they will do their work in the jungles of the marketplace among the secular humanists, materialists, and hedonists.

The heroes of heaven are radically Christian and our goal here is to encourage Radically Christian CEOs.